Asked by jk

Read the excerpt from Flannery O’Connor’s “The Life You Save May Be Your Own.”

The ugly words settled in Mr. Shiftlet’s head like a group of buzzards in the top of a tree.

The simile in this excerpt compares
Mr. Shiftlet to a group of buzzards.
the ugly words to the top of the tree.
a group of buzzards to the top of a tree.
the ugly words to a group of buzzards.

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the ugly words to a group of buzzards.

Explanation: The phrase uses "like" to compare "the ugly words" to "a group of buzzards in the top of a tree," so the words are being likened to buzzards.